2018 BusMARC Winter Meeting

Join the top maintenance and service professionals of the Bus Maintenance and Repair Council in biannual meetings to help continually raise the level of maintenance in the intercity bus and motorcoach industry.

BusMARC Meetings Include:

Presentations on the topics that matter, such as the new compliance reviews, changes to CSA, ADA compliance, and medical cards.
Hands-on technical presentations and discusssions of best maintenance practices
Facility Tours of local Maintenance facilities
Open access to the Marketplace exhibit floor, featuring products, services, and new-coach exhibits
Education seminars and networking opportunities
Fun Marketplace evening events

Schedule:

Date

Time

Session/Activity

Location

Sun., Jan. 28

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

BusMARC Orientation Session

Description: Get a feel for who and what the Bus Maintenance and Repair Council is, when they will meet, what they discuss and how you can get involved. The mission of the BusMARC is to provide for continuing maintenance education and compliance training as well as provide a new venue for equipment, parts and service providers to interact with the bus industry. If you are an operations manager, shop foreman, technician or maintenance professional, this is where you need to be.

201A

Date

Time

Session/Activity

Mon., Jan. 29

9:30 am - 10:30 am

BusMARC Opening General Session

203AB

Mon., Jan. 29

10:30 am - 11 am

Break

Mon., Jan. 29

11 am - 12 pm

Indexing with Preventative Maintenance Software

202B

Mon., Jan. 29

11 am - 12 pm

Preventative Maintenance Intervals

201A

Mon., Jan. 29

12:20 pm - 2:15 pm

All-Delegate Lunch

Mon., Jan. 29

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

CVSA OOS Criteria for 2018

202B

Mon., Jan. 29

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Top 10 Maintenance & OOS Violations

201AB

Mon., Jan. 29

3:30 pm - 4 pm

Break

Mon., Jan. 29

4 pm - 5 pm

Roundtables: Hiring/Training/Recruiting Maintenance Personnel

202B

Mon., Jan. 29

4 pm - 5 pm

Roundtables: Maintenance Best Practices, 4 Common Problems

201A

Date

Time

Session/Activity

Tues., Jan. 30

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Offsite Visit #1

Trolleys Inc.

Transportation Provided
Please contact us if you plan to drive your own car (busmarc@buses.org)

Buses will leave from the Charlotte Convention Center. Loading will begin at 8:45 am.

Offsite

Tues., Jan. 30

12 pm - 4:00 pm

Offsite Visit #2

Christian Tours

Lunch is included

Transportation Provided
Please contact us if you plan to drive your own car (busmarc@buses.org)